San
Juan, PR – The United States Marshals Service Puerto Rico
Violent Offenders Task Force (PRVOTF) announces the arrest of 26 year
old, Jose Prado, who was wanted in the City of New York for criminal
sexual act against a child.

Prado fled from New York City to
Puerto Rico days after the alleged crime. Information was received from
New York law enforcement sources that Prado was staying with some
relatives in the town of Vega Baja, PR. Members of the PRVOTF located
Prado and apprehended him without incident. According to police sources
Prado has twelve prior arrest including four for robbery. Assisting the
PRVOTF during the arrest were members of the Puerto Rico Police
Department Vega Baja arrest unit and members of the New York City Police
Department.

U.S. Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico, Orlando
Rivera said, “This case is an example of how the U.S. Marshals Service,
the Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force and our state and local
partners will not rest to bring a violent fugitive to justice, no matter
where they go or hide.”

The Puerto Rico U.S. Marshals Violent
Offenders Task Force is comprised of investigators from the U.S.
Marshals Service, the Puerto Rico Police Department, the San Juan
Municipal Police, the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections, Puerto Rico
State Marshals and the State Internal Revenue Service.